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Fred Gray is a prominent Alabama civil rights attorney whose clients have included Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. When he opened his Montgomery law office in 1954, Gray was one of the few African American attorneys in the state. His career
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Black scholars form effort to fight trolls, disinformation - DefenderNetwork.com
A group of U.S. Black scholars, activists and writers has launched a new project they say will combat misleading information online around voting, reparations and immigration, supporters announced Friday. The newly formed National Black Cultural Information Trust seeks to counter fake social media
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Harvard Medical School Society Named After Black STEM Pioneer
Harvard Medical School has named one of its academic societies after its first Black tenured professor.
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Guitars played, partly made by Eddie Van Halen go to auction - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Two guitars owned, played and partly designed by the late Eddie Van Halen will be going up for auction. A 2004 EVH Charvel Art Series electric guitar and a customized electric guitar Van Halen built at his home studio with his guitar
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PRESS ROOM: Ford Law Career Academy Aims to Increase Diversity in the Legal Profession | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’ve felt a responsibility to work toward diversity, inclusion and racial equality from the time I was just 8 years old, and that is the whole reason I went on to study law,” said Alison Nelson, Ford counsel and program champion. “I know what it means to have strong mentors in my
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Democrats could win big in once-Republican Georgia - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… one in three Georgians are African-American, compared with roughly one … to Lucy McBath, an African-American Democrat who currently holds … become Georgia’s first African-American senator. But Mr Warnock … a “Nazi”, and said African-Americans are “slaves” to the …
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Pandemic air travel milestone; 1 million passengers screened - Black News Channel
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The number of passengers screened in a single day for flights in the U.S. topped one million for the first time since COVID-19 infections began to spike last March. The notable milestone, reached Sunday, signifies both the progress made since
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Monday 19 October
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Michigan governor pushes back against Trump rally chants - Black News Channel
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday that President Donald Trump is inciting 'domestic terrorism' following 'lock her up' chants at his rally in the state the night before. Whitmer told NBC's 'Meet the Press' that the rhetoric is 'incredibly disturbing' a little more than
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Campaign’s ‘deterrence’ strategy should motivate every Black American to vote in defiance | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Marc H. Morial (TriceEdneyWire.com)—“Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes. Every device of which human ingenuity is capable has been used to deny this right. The Negro citizen may go to register only to be
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Study: $100M lost to stimulus check, COVID-19 fraud; Black Americans most vulnerable - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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As Clinical Trials Halt, U.S. COVID Cases Surge – Free Press of Jacksonville
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A closer look at controversial propositions - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, October 19. Beyond the top line Today is the last day to register online to vote — and if you aren’t one of the more than 3.5 million Californians who have already returned their ballots, it’s time for a closer look at some of the 12 statewide
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Disney+ slaps racism warnings on classic cartoons to flag 'harmful impact' of racist content - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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How progressives should handle the 'Black male voter' problem
At President Donald Trump’s recent (and possibly COVID-19 infectious) in-person rally at the White House, Black supporters of Trump attempted... View Article The post How progressives should handle the 'Black male voter' problem appeared first on TheGrio.
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Black Scholars Form Group to Counter Election Myths & Misinformation on Social Media (Video) - The New York Beacon
*A group of Black scholars and activists have banded together to rebuke misinformation, alternative facts, and other means of dissuading African Americans from voting in the 2020 presidential election. The National Black Cultural Information Trust, a Pan-African initiative led by
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Opening day of early voting in Florida draws thousands - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Dialyses Nurses: Prop 23 Poses Grave Threat to Black Patients — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - Ahead of the November election, a group of dialysis nurses and patients have come out in strong opposition to Proposition 23. If passed, Proposition 23 would require all kidney dialysis clinics to have a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant on site during dialysis
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Throughout the course of American history, each president has had their legacy commemorated with a commissioned portrait – an oil painting on canvas, typically unveiled after leaving office. Not only do these portraits remind us how each president looked, but they also offer a historical lens to
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Trump, Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip - Black News Channel
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense Sunday, with each campaigning in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks away. Trump began his
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